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A snowy day and Rondo
|Posted by Morena on February 25, 2013 at 8:15 AM
Today I was cleaning my courtyard after a snowing day,and I started thinking about Rondo.
Yes, as strange as it may sound, the snow reminded meof Rondo.
When you're a kid, snow is amazing. The silence thatfill the air, the soft noise it makes under your feet, the warm hug you feelmaking a snow angel. When you're a kid, you see the magic of snow. Instead,when you grow up, it becomes just a problem.
Just like that, Rondo has magic in him, but noteveryone can see it.
The Rondo interview that Paul posted yesterday, forcedme to do a lot of thinking.
First of all, I asked myself why Rondo did thisinterview. He's always very private and he never volunteered for anintrospective interview. In the last year we've seen Rondo struggling to becomeCeltics leader. There has been public episodes with referees and reportedproblems with teammates. Most fans and the media seems to find always somethingwrong with Rondo. He was too inconsistent and didn't shot before, he plays forhimself and his stats now, "chocking" his teammates. Rondo as always been underattack by the media, but in the last months, the situation has gotten worse.Maybe, this is the reason why Rondo decided to do this interview. He always hasthose poker face which don't let you understand his emotions, but he is humanand he has feelings. Maybe he just wanted to show everybody that he's not theogre most people think.
We've always known Rondo as a very introverted person,and this is confirmed by his interview.
Even the fact that he prefer to play connect fourduring public event confirm this. Connect four is a strategy game, that allowsRondo to change the subject of everybody's attention. Yes, he's the man, butwhen the game begins, the spotlight is all on the game and on the results, andall the people just stare intently at the grid with red and yellow coins.
Those who are not introverted, may not understandthis, but I think that express feeling is an art, and sometimes, when you findit hard, you have to find your own way to do it. Maybe Rondo use the basketballcourt to express his feelings. Maybe his personality is out there for everyoneto see, but not everyone can see it. But it's right there, because Kobe Bryantsaw it. We live in a world were media are a big part in athletes' life and everyone has to deal with them. Even guys thatlooks shy when they enter the league, in any sports, learn to play it cool whenthe spotlight is on them. Rondo never really learned it. He said more than oncethat he doesn't like the spotlight, that someone else can have it. And you cantell he's not lying. Rondo is not just an athlete, he's an artist. And when youare in front of an artist, you can't just watch him, or talk to him like youwould talk to any other person. You have to understand him, or you will alwaysmiss something about him.
His mind is another aspect of him that sets him apart.
Another thing that impressed me once again readingRondo interview is his mind. It must be truly amazing to have the opportunityto talk to someone with such a brilliant mind, if he is willing to open up. I often wonder how his mind work. I alreadysaid that sometimes, during games it looks like he sees something differentfrom other people, like the defense of the opposite team is moving followingsome unknown math formula that nobody else but him can solve and he's waitingfor those numbers to be in the right position so that he can solve the problemand obtain the correct result.
I don't know how a photographic memory works, but I'vewatch him closely many times, even when he's sitting on the bench: his mindnever rests. When you see other players that are resting on the bench, you cantell that they're watching the game, while when you look at Rondo, it seemslike he's memorizing the game, taking picture with every blink of an eye. He'salways taking mental notes of what happens around him.
A mind like this must be very frustrating I think.I've seen many times people get mad at someone because the other personcouldn't understand something. For someone like Rondo, must be like that mostof the time. As I once said, it's like his mind is moving 40mph while otherpeople go at 20mph. You're never free to go at your speed, or you will findyourself alone. Rondo's genius and stubbornness are such at a high level thathe finds himself alone, or in very small company. KG seems to understand him. As Rondo said, he'salways up when he text him at 4 am. I think KG won over Rondo.
We've read many times about coaches that struggled toget along with Rondo. Doug Bibby was the first, and at the beginning had areally hard time dealing with Rondo. The last year that Rondo played forEastern High School, they got along really well, though. With Rondo, it's likeyou have to win him over. If you're able to do that, you have found a loyalfriend and a great player who will do everything to help and is willing tocooperate. On the other end, if you can't gain his trust and respect, he can makeyour life a living hell.
And as Rondo himself said, it's not easy to gain his trust.And I feel like his lack of trust in other people incremented Rondo'sstubbornness even more. When you don't trust otherpeople, you're forced to grow up and create the basis of the person you'regoing to be, all by yourself. And when you go as far as Rondo went, all withyour abilities, it's hard to accept other people opinion when it's differentfrom your own. I'm not trying to justify Rondo, but I can understand that whenyou're a guy with a strong personality that built himself on his own, it's hardwhen someone comes by and tell you "you're wrong".
I think this is one of the main aspect in Rondo'stemper that Dooling is working on.
I remember reading a Dooling interview last year wherehe said that he was having a lot of late-night / early-morning phone calls withRondo during which they talked about past, present, and future; the man theywere, and the man they wanted to be. Dooling said that he didn't know how manytimes in his life Rondo had the opportunity to had those conversations. Doolingis another guy who won over Rondo's trust. And that's why I wanted him backthis year. Dooling can be very important in Rondo's development, both as aplayer and as a leader. As Paul wrote in his Rondology post of yesterday, Rondohas to find his own way to become the Celtics new leader for the future. He'snot gonna be the next bird or the next Paul Pierce. He's gonna be Rondo.
And if he's able to figure out his own way to be aleader, I can't wait to see what the future of this franchise it's gonna belike with him as our leader, because it's gonna be great.
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A special thanks goes to Paul for encouraging me to write this. I was kind of scared, honestly.
I'm really glad you liked this article.
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I want to thank you guys for the beautiful words. Your really touched me and made my day.
A special thanks goes to Paul for encouraging me to write this. I was kind of scared, honestly.
I'm really glad you liked this article.
Thanks for writing it and publishing it, Morena. For me, it's the image of the snow that I find really affecting. When I think about how a snow day feels, the claustrophobia that one can feel even when it's snowing very gently and you are enjoying it, that strikes me as such a good symbol for how social isolation feels, how it feels to be someone who can't relate to other people as easily as most folks can- Rondo hiding behind his Cross Four. Why can't the Haters wake up and see that Rondo uses statistical achievements as a kind of crutch, maybe, too much, to that there's no way he's not a team player. No one loves team ball more than Rondo. Your reference to Dooling is so a propos. The picture emerging, in my opinion, is of a rather lonely person, who puts up a big front, who has quite a hard time relating to folks the way others do. I was imagining what it must be like to play with him, to have him constantly criticizing others for not being where they should have been and so on, constantly being a perfectionist. Basketball just isn't played that way, Rajon! It's not like football, where everything is controlled to the nth degree, and done just so.
It's not going to be easy for Rondo to come back. On one hand, he has the knee problem. On the other hand, he has a team where his leadership role hasn't just been lost; it's been forcefully repudiated. How does a player who is struggling to figure out how to lead anyway deal with that?
I just wish Rondo would tell Red Bull that they need to take a back seat for quite a while. I could believe in him a lot more if he would take that step.
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How the Common Core Standards Tackle Problem SolvingApril 6, 2012 | Ben Johnson
When the word creativity is used, the left side of my head begins to hurt. Now why would that happen? Let's see, could be the years of exposure to right and left brain mumbo jumbo?
If you want to see some interesting things about the brain, there is a course on iTunes U from the University of Arizona, called Visualizing Human Thought. It shows that even though a man had nearly his entire left hemisphere destroyed by a stroke, including the comprehension (Wernike's area) and speech center (Broca's area), he can still communicate. How did this happen? Well, the brain adapted and found a way to use another part of the brain to take over the job (it is an enthralling story). Anyway, the whole point of mentioning this is that thinking, in this case creatively problem solving, is a whole-brain activity.
The thread of literacy found in the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) suggests a way to get to the heart of problem solving. When you say that someone is literate, you are not saying that they know how to read; you are saying that they are well read or have read a lot. And not only that but the assumption is that they have acquired the knowledge gained from reading (it is part of them and it is used both to support and to contradict what this literate person believes or doesn't believe). A literate person therefore has evidence to bolster and base beliefs upon and ammunition to argue against other beliefs. As the CCSS explain in the Appendix A, this is more than simple persuasion. The argument must be compelling, believable and irrefutable.
A problem solved must be compelling enough to need a solution. The solution to a problem must be believable, plausible, and doable. An effective solution to a problem is irrefutable because it works! I have used the word solution, and my favorite fifth grade class chants a definition to that word that makes sense: a mixture of two or more compounds that cannot be easily separated. With that definition, the solution to a problem should be so integrated (like the brain) that the parts and pieces are not easily separated -- it is unified or integrated.
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My lawnmower quit working. Ok it wasn't working well in the first place, but it now doesn't work at all. No amount of coaxing or yanking would make it start. So I checked everything; the oil was ok, the spark plug was ok, the filter was fine. By process of elimination, it had to be the carburetor. Sure enough, the seal on the carburetor had deteriorated and was allowing air to get in and eliminating the vacuum suction so the gas would flow. It also made the gas in the tank drip out all over the lawnmower, which is something I should have noticed from the start. The problem was that it is an old mower, and I did not want to spend the day trying to find the right seal when I could be mowing the lawn and doing other things instead.
How did I solve it? I started by looking for suitable replacements; gaskets left over from other projects. They were all too small or the wrong shape. Then I looked for plastic or rubber things that were shaped in the right size. I found a couple of things. Wouldn't you know it that I had an old rubber carpet protector for sofa legs that was exactly the right size and shape, only it was not a washer, it was a solid piece of rubber. Then I asked myself the question, "What if..." and I pulled out my pocketknife and whittled out the center. Jiminy Cricket, it fits! And then I mowed the lawn.
The problem needed to be solved, the grass was too high, the fix was dubious but doable, and the results were irrefutable. And the argument won the day that the junk in my garage is useful. That is, until my wife pointed out that if I hadn't been so cheap and purchased a better lawn mower, I wouldn't need the junk. (That's a problem, or argument, for another day.)
How do you get your students to solve problems?
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I still feel we are in no way
I still feel we are in no way in disagreement. We are in very strong agreement in our oppostion to the CCSs. I will concede that there are exceptions to every rule and so there are surely exceptions to my sttement that those who read well like to read. I still believe it is a good rule of thumb.
It is hard for me to understand how anyone can not like to read if they can read competently. I must agree that there is a need for practie and a broad diversity opf reading materials. Personally I was fortunate enough to have learned to read before there were whole TV networks devoted to children. I predate video games too.
I am pretty sure I was only 8 when I was given my first magazine subscription and we subscribed to two newspapers that carried different comics. I read the morning funnies as soon as I got home from school and was usually at the paper box waiting when the afternoon paper was delivered. My dad had a modest library of novels and I was strainng to read them long before my maturity and experienced let me be able to make sense of the context.
Today reading must compete with many exciting activities for the child's time. It is possible that you child may have liked reading but did not want to pull herself away from some other activity that she liked better. Perhaps not.
I will qualify my statement and say MOST people who read well like to read.
RC replied: "I did say those
RC replied: "I did say those who read well like to read. I did not say (but did not make it clear) those who read well like to read everything."
Actually, it was hard to get my gifted reader to read AT ALL--anything--even tho' it literally came naturally (weak pun). She did like being read TO, which we did a lot--even after she changed her attitude later on about doing it herself--and she was more than capable of reading ANY age appropriate material without struggling (AT ALL), but resisted strongly for a long time.
The point of my comment is that MOST kids need lots of practice reading so you better get buy-in from them (which I did not have with my own child who didn't even struggle with it in the least.). And there is SO much research which indicates that giving students CHOICE and letting them self-select has been shown (and I can provide actual references if you like) to make a huge difference in whether students actually spend enough time reading to become proficient readers.
My problem with the Common Bore is that it significantly narrows what students read and how they are 'supposed' to interact with the material. I fear that we will see a significant amout of resistence from students. (Don't forget, there is no real research on the CCSs... We are going on blind faith fueled by Gates's millions on this one...)
Thank you for your reply.
Thank you for your reply. You have clearly seized upon a glaring omission in my earlier post. You and I are not in disagreement.
IYou quote my post accuratel. I did say those who read well like to read. I did not say (but did not make it clear) those who read well like to read everything. I certainly would not maintain that children who read well like to read materials that they fid boring or which have content that is far beyond what children of their maturity level can understand.
Through out my career as a teacher I advocated providing reading materials keyed to the interests and abilities of the students. My advocacy usually fell on deaf ears. In spite of administrative resistance I had great results with a group of 5th graders all of whom swore they did not like to read.
I got a grant and purchased 20 copies each of the first 9 books in the Lemony Snicket collection called "A Series of Unfortunate Events". We used the books as other classes used basal readers. At first the kids found the books hard to read due to the style but they soon were asking to take the books home so they could read more of them. kids began showing up at school with personal copies they had purchased.
Later, teachihg in a low incopme rural middle school I had great success using The Bluford Series with sixth graders. Those kids were amazed that books were written about African American teenagers. They loved them.
You are absolutely correct that the CONTENT is critical and that the student must have an interest in the material to truly enjoy it. I do think there are cases of readers finding that they do like some body of content after all, once they read it.
I am very happy that your kids like to read. It can do them no harm.
"Students who read well like
In reply to Richard Cottingham:
"Students who read well like to read....Competent reading is pleasurable."
Not true. I think your tone is a little patronizing. Just because you obviously like to read doesn't mean everyone does--especially many children who haven't read anything they really enjoyed and who never get to choose what they get to read.
My own daughter was a gifted reader (never, ever "stumbled through phonic decoding" and could sight read ANY word she knew the meaning of from very early on), but she did NOT like to read (should say HATED to read) until a teacher introduced her to a love of reading one interesting book (of fiction...) at a time.
Some kids like the PROCESS and are proud to show you what they can do. My daughter could not have cared less about that. What mattered was the CONTENT of the material and whether it interested her.
Fortunately, my own children, now teenagers, have had a chance to develop a love of reading; but I am afraid there are many young children who will be turned off by the Common Bore--with its insistence on so much non-fictional text--before they have had a chance to develop a passion for it..
Forming an opinion
Rachel said: Common Core standards challenging and students are being required to think. To form an opinion of what is happening in an activity and in a text. To find support, and explain. This then leads into that critical thinking in the real world and problem solvers.
I like how she says "to find support and explain" because what I see is kids who are full of opinion based on nothing more than a lifetime of being told their every thought and feeling is gold. They need to learn to reference the text, to form an *informed* opinion and to realize nearly all ideas have both good and bad mixed together. I see the need to form an opinion of either "for or against" to be what we see every day in politics - dysfunction at work. I don't care so much abut a young person's opinion as I do about their understanding of nuances. If they understand all the nuances, then their opinion has meaning. Without it, it is no more valuable than a toddler's opinion regarding lima beans.
While the it seems that this
While the it seems that this article is as a previous post eluded, misleading, it has brought the conversation to the real goal of the Common Core. After going to the summer institute here in Florida. I understand more of the basis. Common Core standards challenging and students are being required to think. To form an opinion of what is happening in an activity and in a text. To find support, and explain. This then leads into that critical thinking in the real world and problem solvers.
"When you say that someone is
"When you say that someone is literate, you are not saying that they know how to read; you are saying that they are well read or have read a lot. And not only that but the assumption is that they have acquired the knowledge gained from reading (it is part of them and it is used both to support and to contradict what this literate person believes or doesn't believe)."
I really like this statement and agree with it 100%. I would like to expand on it a little even at the risk of going far off the subject of the Common Core Standards.
In elementary schools there is a huge aount of discussion aobut reading comprehension and whether ot not a student is a good reader. My observations have been that elementary teachers frequently do not realize that reading alone does not constitute literacy. Further, elementary teachers often accept the idea that some students can read well but just do not like to read. It simply is not so. Students who read well like to read.
I am convinced that teachers need to quit accepting the excuse "I just don't like to read." from sutdents who rally can't read or at least can't read very well. Just as knowing how to read does not constitute literacy, calling words or stumbling through phonic decoding is not reading. Competent reading is pleasurable.
I have to admit that I have
I have to admit that I have not done too much reading on the common core standards yet. But I really hope that they address not only basic problem solving, but creative and critical thinking skills as well. The lack of ability for my students to solve simple problems like, not being able to find their pencil, or filling a page in their science journal with notes and asking what to do when they have no more room, or what to do if they find a book on their desk that is not theirs, is quite scary (for lack of a better word). I find mysef saying many, many times throughout the day to "problem solve" when my students come to me with problems like the ones listed above. I don't know if there inability to solve simple problems is because they are lazy, or have never been taught strategies to be good problem solvers. I tend to lean toward the later.
If we want students to be ready to enter middle school, high school, college, and the the workforce, then teaching critical/creative problem solving skills needs to start in elementary school, and is a must. These kids will be running this country when I am old and I worry for everyone's future. Consequently, I make it a point to incorporate critical/creative problem solving activities in my class, both independently, and in cooperative group settings.
There is so much of a push, in CA anyway, regarding testing and test scores, that problem solving is ignored. I think what is sometimes forgotten by educators is that if students knew how to problem solve they would be able to answer standardized test questions more effectively. If it was taught all year long, I believe there would be no need for intensive test prep right before testing time, that is boring, and takes time away from in depth teaching. But to do this would require teachers to spend more time developing lessons that include grade level standards along with problem solving strategies and activities. I only know a few dedicated teachers that would take the time to do this. If the Common Core Standards incorporate problem solving strategies and activities then we are definitely on the road to improvements in this area. However, this remains to be seen.
I appreciate several of the comments posted by others that name problem solving strategies and programs they currently use. I will be be looking into them to incorporate into my classroom as well, since my school district currently does not have any such program.
That was my point - I don't
That was my point - I don't think they do - they just redefine the standards??
Bring your suitcase
I've been told that I know a little something about a lot of things. This is what I model for my students- the benefits to being observant in their world. They need to fill their "suitcase" with all that they've every seen, done, or heard. Their suitcase will get them through school first, and then through life.
I did not, however, fill my own suitcase exclusively with the things I read. I was not a big reader growing up. I plodded through reading assignments and never really enjoyed reading until I was in high school. I did have a strong sense of curiosity, though. I was encouraged to explore my world in a tactile way, through listening, and by observing nature's cause and effect.
I approach the changes that the Common Core is bringing with the same curiosity; who knows where it will end up? I am sure that some creativity will be needed as I help my English Language Learners navigate the new literary waters. Let's hope their suitcases float!


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Angle of reflection
I tend to enjoy reinventing the wheel, coming up with formulas for things that I know, have already been figured out. Its more fun when you don't know the formula for something (ie. a 3d engine) but try to figure it out yourself rather then looking it up and being told. (thats no fun)
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A logarithm is just a misspelled algorithm.
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Try it for differant angles. It always works. Sometimes it will give an answer greater then 360 but its still the right direction. Whats cool is it doesn't have to know what side its on.
A logarithm is just a misspelled algorithm.
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I'll probably be using this in my 3d engine as it progresses, for reflections of light and shading.
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- August 2008: FoEI at the UN Climate Talks in Accra
- July 2008: What happened at the G8 meeting in Japan?
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The World Bank is setting itself up to become the world's climate banker. But at the same time, the World Bank is the largest multilateral lender for oil and gas projects and a major deforester, fueling climate change.
The World Bank spends some $1 billion per year on the oil and gas industry. And these projects don't increase poor people's access to energy. More than 80% of all oil projects financed by the World Bank are for export back to wealthy Northern countries. Meanwhile, pollution and social conflicts surround these projects.
Despite all of these controversies, the institution attempts to regain relevance in the global arena. It is now promoting itself as a major actor in the fight against climate change. The Bank has started various initiatives ranging from carbon financing facilities and climate investment funds to a strategic framework on climate and development.
The world bank's climate funds are likely to:
1. increase the global South's debt burden and force them to pay for the climate crisis that they are not responsible for;
2. place the last remaining forests in so called 'carbon offset schemes', which would undermine Indigenous Peoples' land rights and do nothing to reduce emissions;
3. finance a version of "clean technology" that includes dirty coal, agrofuels and large hydro dams;
4. dramatically undermine United Nations climate talks.
read more: why the world bank's climate plans are not a good idea
- 'The Poznan Statement: World vs Bank' by 142 organizations of December 2008
- FoEI briefing paper (English and Spanish)
- Article on forests, trade and climate change, by FoEI's Joseph Zacune
- Poverty, Climate and Energy: the case against oil aid
- FoE US webpage on The World Bank's Climate Investment Funds
- More on public finance for fossil fuels
- FoEI climate program
- Voices from communities affected by climate change
Other resources
- Third World Network: No Additionality, New Conditionality: A Critique of the World Bank's Climate Investment Funds
- Sustainable Energy and Economy Network: World Bank: Climate Profiteer
- End Oil Aid Coalition: Aiding Oil, Harming the Climate
- Bretton Wood Project: World Bank climate funds: A huge leap backwards
- Bank Information Center: World Bank's lending for fossil fuel skyrockets as it positions itself as the "climate bank"
World Bank links
- Global Consultations: Towards a Strategic Framework on Climate Change and Development for the World Bank Group
- Proposed Climate Investment Funds (CIF)
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Jan. 31, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Education incubator and start up New Mexico/Texas Alliance for STEM Education has announced Ramon Jaime has been named to head its marketing and branding effort for the newly forming organization.
Jaime will have oversight of the strategic direction, expansion and operation of the organization's marketing and advertising programs. According to Alma Torres, chair of the NMTASE, "Mr. Jaime has an extensive and impressive background growing organizations much like ours and we are pleased and thrilled to have him join our developing organization. He brings a wealth of experience with him and we have great expectations for a successful future."
Mr. Jaime has over 20 years executive experience in marketing and advertising in publishing, corporate and non-profit sectors, including DBR Creative in Los Angeles, California and Emmis Communications based in Indianapolis, Indiana. He is a native of Los Angeles, California and expects his transition to the New Mexico and western Texas area to be exciting and productive. "I'm looking forward to serving the Latino community in this area and I have high hopes for promoting STEM education throughout the region."
The New Mexico/Texas Alliance for STEM Education was created to expand the efforts to promote science, technology, engineering and mathematics for Latino students in the Southwestern United States.
"STEM education and science-related jobs are important for local communities and the economic stabilization for areas that are predominately Latino," Torres says. "In order for Latinos to be competitive in the new green economy, we need to promote STEM education and increase the number of Latinos within the technical and science sectors," Torres concluded.
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Basic to every Jewish home is a practical, reader-friendly guide to Shabbos observance. In this final volume of his two-volume The Shabbos Home (and the last volume in his series on the laws of Shabbos), Rabbi Cohen addresses hundreds of real-life situations and questions.
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Pigment-free colour generation is of academic and commercial relevance across a range of sciences, technologies and industries. The associated colours and optical effects, often referred to as structural colour, generally rely on the interaction of light with periodic micron-sized and nano-sized structures that manipulate the colours that are reflected and the appearances and aesthetic that these reflected colours generate.
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The 2013 Shrimp & Grits: The Wild Georgia Shrimp Festival proved to be shrimp-ly fantastic! During the 8th annual festival, held September 20 to 22 on Jekyll Island, several thousand guests came to taste the best shrimp and grits in the South from participating vendors and chefs.
Coming out on top was Chef Dave Snyder and his team from Halyard's Restaurant on St. Simons Island, which on 1st place in the Professional Chef Cooking Competition. Second-place in the Professional division was awarded to Southern Soul Barbecue, also of St. Simons Island, with Tasteful Temptations Catering nabbing 3rd place. The Consumers Choice award for the professional chefs was awarded to Purple Sage Catering.
For the Amateur Cooking Competition, Fat Bob & The Chile Dogs of Lawrenceville, Ga., won 1st place. Atlanta-based team Sea Watch won 2nd place, with Yum Yum Stand of Screven, Ga., winning 3rd. True Grit of Columbia, SC., took home the Consumer's Choice Award.
During the Friday night $3 sample event, guests were invited to text their vote for their favorite vendor. That competition ended in a tie, between the Jekyll Island Club Hotel and Tasteful Temptations Centering.
More than 100 art and craft purveyors also set up shop throughout the weekend celebration, with vendors selling their wares as well as competing for top honors as the festival's Best in Show. This year, 1st place and a $500 award was given to artist Candice Brown, of Elkin, NC. Second place and a $300 prize went to Shiu Ping Lee, of Mad Monk Art from Palm Coast Fl., with 3rd place and a $100 award won by Artifactual Adornments, from Marshal, NC.
The festival was also a time to raise funds and awareness about the Jekyll Island Foundation, which raises funds for Jekyll initiatives such as the Georgia Sea Turtle Center. Fat Tire Brewery donated a beach cruiser bike and Shock Top Brewery donated a wooden, rounded cooler, each which was raffled off on Sunday. Winning the bike was Mike Davis, and Linda Ober took home the cooler.
New this year to the Shrimp & Grits Festival was the partnership between Jekyll Island and Southern Living magazine. During the three-day festival, Southern Living was on hand to help facilitate a cooking demonstration from the magazine's test kitchen expert and blogger, Vanessa Rocchio, who additionally signed copies of her cookbook, "Southern Living: What's for Supper." Additionally, an intimate concert was held at the Jekyll wharf Saturday evening, bringing in three songwriters and performers. For the Southern Living: Songwriters in the Round showcase, guest stars Rob Crosby, James Dean Hicks and Brett Jones crooned crowds with their soulful hits.
Returning again for the 2013 festival was the 2nd annual Craft Brew Tasting. Held in the renovated Morgan Center, the tasting featured several dozen beer selections from Southern Eagle Distributing, including R.J. Rockers, Southern Tier and Shock Top beers. The tasting brought in more than a thousand Shrimp & Grits guests, and is sure to be a staple event for the trademark festival in coming years.
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The Battlefield series has been running for quite a while. The last big entry in the series, Bad Company, was a console exclusive, much to the disappointment of PC gamers everywhere. DICE broke the exclusivity with the sequel, thankfully, and now PC owners are treated to the best Battlefield since Battlefield 2.
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I just bought a 2001 X30. This is my first boat. What size bags should I use over my stock ballast to surf?
You'll want at least another 400lbs in the rear on your surf side and a couple hundred up front. Check out wakemakers.com
welcome to the forum. wakemakers is a good place to look. our current setup is (02 X30)
hard tanks removed
750# bags in each rear locker
stock banana bag in ski locker
each of these has its own pump but it feeds off the stock manifold.
it surf wake is ok. its nothing like some of these guys with newer 30's or 45's with tons of ballast. when my kids surf and i'm sitting in the rear corner seat their wave is much better than when i'm surfing and only my kids and wife are in the boat. my solution to this will be to replace the 750's with 1100's in each locker. i'd like some more weight up front, but that will probably have to wait till next year.
with the front and starboard bags full (we're all goofy), we'll set the PP to 10.5 for the kids and a little slower for adults.
also, if you are going to run big bags in the lockers, you will want to reinforce the dividers so they aren't being held tight against your exhaust.
Two things: one brute force, the other a more interesting work-in-progress
Brute Force: We have 1100# sacs in each locker, 900# sac on floor, stock tube sac in the floor, and a 540# sac up front. Fill the 1100# sac on surf side, and move the 540# sac to surf side front seat. We have the wakemakers x-link system so can switch sides in 5-10 minutes. The 900# sac sits on floor in front of the back seat, so really just makes a nice big sitting area. Bowfiller cushion makes it pretty easy to roll the 540# side-to-side.
Goofy wake is very good, regular wake is good, will never be as good as a deep-V hull.
More interesting work-in-progress: Malibu's surfgate is very interesting because it "yaws" the hull instead of just pushing down on a corner, so I am toying with a manual fin similar to all the threads on the malibu and centurion sites.
First attempt looked just like surfgate. I worked VERY well; no more 900# sac on the floor, replicated my goofy wake, and my regular wake was the best ever. Downside, there was a lot of drag so engine ran 500 RPMs faster than usual. In addition, the regular side wake required tons of oversteering, so had to physically hold the wheel in place.
Second attempt was very different. Instead of sticking out the side, the second fin was narrow and deep. Tried it yesterday for the first time and it is VERY promising. Wake looks very good on both sides, and much less drag so no more "steering issue" on the regular side. Have not surfed it yet, so idea if the wave has any push.
More info later, probably in a new thread.
check your prop also, you may want to change pitch to avoid loading your motor. Call Eric at OJ props he can help you
I have a 900 in my corner locker (port side) you need to decide which side you want to surf on or change out both sides, bought from wakemakers (talk to Spencer), took 15 minutes to pull out old and put in new. One thing I would do is extend the hose to the new bag from your pump. It will reduce the kink in hose and allow for better water flow. Did this on vacation and improved my fill and empty time.
since you are going to order items you should also get new impellers (green) change them out on your pumps. Keep the old ones for spares if needed. wakemakers also
I spent some money on vacation for lessons with my kids and the instructor said my wake was very similar to the newer boats
I received a ton of help from the forum so trying to pay it back and help others, so if you need more info let me know I just did all of the items you are looking for
I'm curious about your surfgate (delayed wave convergence) trial attempts. I have the same hull and would like to do something similar. I did not see a follow up thread. thanks
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Dark legends surround the old abandoned Blackwood house, secluded far away in the northern wastelands.
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I bought the original edition of this game by chance and had never played this style of game before. I have also not found one that matches it since... The setting, and the atmosphere are just perfect! without going into much detail about the game, I found the suspense and the unknown simply spine chilling. Exploring an old abandoned house should not be this much fun and at theread more same time so frightening. At the time my office was in the basement of my house away from the family, and I can't tell you how many times I had to abandon the game because I was on the edge of my seat and it felt so real. One of my kids even snuck down the stairs one time and knocked on my door scaring the heck out of me. All of the sound effects, the story, the mystery, everything just comes together perfectly and it's a masterpiece. The only piece that I didn't like was the puzzles... that may just be me, but I didn't like that the game time would not advance until you advanced the story. Maybe you needed to find a key? maybe you wont be able to go to bed until you've completely searched the house and yard? It's a small negative for me and doesn't not stop the game from being one of my all time favorites. I now own both the original and directors cut on disk, but rest assured I will be buying this digital copy to ensure I always have a safe copy.
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Well, quite possibly really. Scratches is an excellent node-based point-and-click adventure with a deep storyline, atmospheric setting, top-notch writing and some truly scary scares.
Truth be said, it's the only game to have actually frightened me. A true contemporary classic!
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I bought & played this Argentinian treat several years ago, before the developer sadly shuttered its doors, and it's one of my all-time favorite indie adventure games. A masterpiece of slow-build tension and atmosphere. Not for action hounds or people that lack imagination.
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Westminster systems feature a strong government and a weak opposition, but the origins of this arrangement--the tacit acquiescence to reduced minority rights by non-government parties in the late 19th Century House of Commons—present a profound puzzle to researchers. We argue that oppositions voluntarily surrendered initiation and amendment rights, making parliamentary business more efficient for governments, in exchange for more certain opportunities to hold cabinet ministers to account. We gather a new data set comprising half-a-million parliamentary speeches and biographical information on over 8000 MPs to investigate our claims. We estimate the parameters of a novel Markov-chain model of parliamentary discourse to measure ministerial `responsiveness' over time, and present findings supporting our case. In particular, we show that the period 1880-1902 (culminating in Balfour's `railway timetable') was critical for the emergence of this characteristically adversarial part of the Westminster System.%G eng %9 Working Paper %0 Unpublished Work %D 2011 %T Foundations for Modeling 'Effectiveness' in International Relations %A Jonathan Renshon %A Spirling, Arthur %X
We consider the estimation of the 'effectiveness' of states in international relations. Noting that pairwise contest data is the norm in applied research, we motivate a straightforward Bradley-Terry statistical model for this problem from first principles, which will allow for a closer integration of theoretical and statistical practice for scholars in this subfield. The essence of this approach is that we learn about the latent abilities of states from observing conflict outcomes between them. We demonstrate the novelty and appeal of this set-up with reference to previous attempts to capture estimands of interest, and show that for many questions of concern—especially regarding 'initiation effects'—our approach may be preferred on theoretical and statistical grounds. We show how the model may be used in application, and how its results may be interpreted, with a commonly used international relations conflict data set.%G eng %9 Working Paper


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I never made sun dried tomatoes and probably only tasted them a couple of times in my life. I used some smaller roma style tomatoes. I had them in the oven about 6 hours and they seemed way to dry! Most were as "crisp as chips." I found out that a smaller tomato is not best for this and that romas were a drier tomato. Use a good plump tomato and this recipe should work good. Don't assume it will take all day! Check them after 4 hours or so and about every hour. I am currently rehydrating them in some boiling water to see which ones are salvageable. The recipe does not say how to store them, if in the fridge than how? Do I put them in a bag or in a jar with olive oil with or without seasonings. It also does not suggest on how to rehydrate them for future recipes or if that is even neccessary. I also wish I knew what to look for so that they didn't get so hard and dry, which is the most important thing. The directions just said this could take all day so I didn't bother them. I will probably store them in olive oil in the fridge now that I am in the process of having to rehydrate. I may try them again with a more plump tomato, check on them to make sure the center stays softer, and then store in the freezer as suggested by others. I really wished this would have worked perfectly. Maybe, I just needed more detailed instructions my first time. It would have helped.
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Commercially packed sun-dried tomatoes in oil (or olives in oil) should keep indefinitely, as long as you use clean utensils to fish them out of the jar. Home-made dried tomatoes should never be packed in olive oil, as the exclusion of air from the environment makes a perfect situation for the growth of Clostridium botulinum. (This is true for almost anything home-made packed in oil - and also why home-made garlic oil or herb oils are not recommended for storage past a week or so.)
I work on a small organic farm and take home bushels of unsold tomatoes in the summer. I have been using this recipe on a weekly basis and actually sell them at markets. Customers go wild! Pack them in old minced garlic jars with a sprig of basil or a clove of garlic.
HOW TO STORE: I put mine in a good zip lock freezer bag or if I have a lot I vacuum pack them and freeze. When I need them I just pull out what I need. If they are used in rice or coucous I put them in with the rice and boiling water. To use on pizzas I pull them out of the freezer, put in a small cup and put a little bit of olive oil on them for 15 mins. or so.
Make sure you don't do what I did & NOT use a non-stick pan, either that or lightly oil the pan prior to baking... took all day & WOWSA, so delish. Other than the scraping off of the pan, they turned out wonderful. So much flavor in one little strip, they pack punch & will make beautiful gifts come this Christmas! (tis' amazing how you can fit 5 huge tomatoes in one, little 6oz jar!)
This worked great! I used just the tomatos and cooking spray and cooked them for about 7 hours. They are awesome and great on salads!
this worked really good, i did them in small batches and put them in pretty jars for my mom and grandma for mothers day, they loved them! before i put them in the oven i drizzled them with olive oil and lots of kosher salt.
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Heathrow Airport is subject to the Airport Charges Regulation 2011, which was transposed into UK law from a European Directive for its member states. This regulation aims to ensure a common framework for regulating airport charges, which includes consultation and transparency of information when setting airport charges.
The level of airport charges is set each year in accordance to the CAA's pricing formula, which is part of the CAA's decision on Airport Regulation of Heathrow and Gatwick Airports 2008-2013.
The formula set by the CAA determines the level Heathrow cannot exceed in charging its airline on a per passenger basis (passenger only), which is also referred to as the "maximum allowable yield". The maximum allowable yield is set following a period of formal consultation with the Heathrow airline community, with prices effective from 1st April each year.
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The structure of airport charges has been subject to formal consultation with the Heathrow airline community and has resulted in the total airport charges revenue being recovered through three categories; Landing Charges, Departing Passenger Charges and Aircraft Parking Charges. The three categories (excluding ANS) represent 21%, 75% and 4% of the total airport charges revenue respectively.
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